Rome, Oct 15, 2025 (AFP) - Aid cuts risk pushing 13.7 mn people into extreme hunger: WFP

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2025-10-15

The UN's World Food Programme warned Wednesday that "staggering" cuts to its funding risked pushing up to 13.7 million people currently receiving food aid into "emergency" levels of hunger -- one step before famine. It warned that six key operations -- in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan -- "are currently facing major disruptions, which will only get worse by year-end". "WFP is facing a s......

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